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Extracted from Jenny Hu's posting on TR: LHL's dilemma is that he has so many dud ministers that if he removed all of them, there's precious little left to form a government. So like it or not, when the 60% of us voted PAP back again, we implicitly accept that we will have to bite the bullet...

GCT was a compliant seat warmer for LHL. Tony Tan, from a super wealthy family will never acquiesce to be a mere seat warmer.

Re: What went terribly wrong in Holland-BT for the best qualified opposit team in the Tan Jee Say had a well crafted Economic Regeneration Plan for Singapore. Only problem is he did not sell it correctly from a political angle. For a detailed analysis of this, go to ...

Re: What went terribly wrong Sparetyre is right. Nicole did get many votes. Her crying and even angry speeches worked with many on the ground. Smiling all the time may indicate weakness, a willingness to compromise, bend-over-backwards to please. Anger at the right moment shows fire in the...

Re: Why didnt they move George Yeo to a safer GRC? The unpopular ministers that the public hated are ALL back to enjoy 5 more years of $$$ pay. Yes, everyone of them: WKS, MBT, VB, KBW. Can you believe how stupid and insane Singaporeans (60%) are. Ironically, GY, one of the...

TJS's Holland-Bukit Timah GRC score for SDP at 39.9% is too low, and behind NSP's Marine Parade score of 43.35%. Assuming Lina Chiam does the honorable thing and decline, then NSP should field Nicole Seah as NCMP.

Frankly Chiam has himself to blame for the disaster he brought about for PP. Unlike WP's LTK, Chiam did not have a formidable, winning team when he charged into Bishan-Toa Payoh. Even if he was in good health, it was a B team at best. Worse, he left his wife, an incompetent politician to...

The SDP had a formidable team with very strong professional credentials in Dr Vincent, Tan Jee Say, Dr Ang & Michelle Lee. But they had themselves to blame mostly for their defeat in Holland-Bukit Timah. Firstly, they chose the wrong constituency to contest in. Holland-Bukit Timah is a...

Sylvia is still single. She has dedicated her life to politics. No social life. I pray she will take Aljunied.

Jos Teo a'int bad.

The old PAP is NOT the same as the new PAP. The old PAP led by Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Keng Swee, S Rajaratnam, Hon Sui Sen, Lim Kim San, Ong Teng Cheong were of a different calibre. These were selfless men who did not work for million dollar salaries, bonuses & pensions. It is crucial to...

The PAP is right that there is no guarantee that the Opposition parties can deliver. The PAP is right that by voting them in, we are taking a chance. But we will be taking a chance anyway. How do you know, when you vote PAP, that their new untested candidates can deliver? How do you know that...

WHY I VOTE OPPOSITION by Richard Seah on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 9:05pm This sharing is dedicated especially to younger Singaporeans who may not be aware of some events in Singapore's more distant political past. And to older Singaporeans who, like me, never made much previous effort to...

Pritam Singh is a formidable campaign speaker and a politician in the making. It would be a pity if he loses to those PAP duds. If Aljunied GRC is lost then any Opposition voice in Parliament is silenced for good. It is possible that parliamentary debate might then degenerate into an...

Don't underestimate PAP's might. They control the media, the police, army, all the levers to call this a freak election. All this people power stuff a'int going to work here.